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Started by Thomas John
Wed, 11 Aug 1999 00:00
Outsourcing of Internet and Intranet Application Development
Author: Thomas John
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 00:00
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 00:00
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Hi, We provide outsourcing of development and maintenance of Internet and Intranet applications. We are a software company based in Dallas, Texas focused on providing outsourcing of development of Web -based software. 1. WHY US? We specializes in out-sourcing web based application development. We are a multi-national organization with offices in USA, UK, Singapore and India with multi-locational state of the art development centers and part of a $ 5 Billion Group. 2. WHAT WE ARE GOOD AT ? Web based applications development using tools like Java, Corba, ASP,HTML, DHTML. Oracle web-Server. Client-Server application development using Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle as back-ends and GUI front ends such as VC++, Visual Basic . 3. WHAT WE CAN OFFER ? ADVANTAGE SERVICES ( FIXED PRICE, MULTI-LOCATIONAL WITH ODC) BCSS deploys a senior project manager and Systems Analyst from our Dallas development center to interact with users and define requirements as well as prototype the project. This team also handles all communication as well as development activities like Training, User acceptance testing, customization and support. Also small sized projects and Pilots will be developed at the Dallas development center. BCSS's Structured Software Development Process combined with RAD provides you with the power of monitoring project progress 24 hours a day . BCSS is on an established e-mail and ISDN network to enable smoother and quicker communication. Other connections via satellites ensure transfer of codes, literally to anywhere in the world. 4.) "ADVANTAGE SERVICES? - WHAT IS IT?" ADVANTAGE helps you to leverage on BCSS's multi-locational development centers and its inherent cost & time advantages. ADVANTAGE builds software according to your specifications, by BCSS on-site at our Dallas development center and off-shore in INDIA. The important feature is You have complete control of the entire development process. 5) " ADVANTAGE SERVICES - HOW DOES IT WORK?" Simple, BCSS's project leaders (typically systems analysts and senior analysts), based in USA will interact with you & your staff in person to understand your requirements, prepare functional specifications and freeze the input, output formats and specifications. These will be approved by you based on which the development begins. The agreed specifications will then be sent to the Off-shore Development Center (ODC) in India. The project manager at the ODC will ensure completion of development process with his team and ship the completed software back to USA. The project leaders in USA will implement the software in your site and support it. You will be interacting with the SAME set of professionals. 5.A ) WHAT IS RAD ? RAD stands for - Rapid Application Development .A development life cycle designed to give much faster and higher quality results than the traditional life-cycles and at a lower cost 5.B) WHY RAD? Other methodologies delivers solutions which :become obsolete by the time they are operational. Does not take into account how the developed system is going to interface with the pre-existing business system. Analysis documentation in most solutions project is not sufficiently precise to be used as basis for code documentation. This leads to constant rework in design and coding. Users don't quite realize what they will get until its too late!! 5.C) WHAT ARE THE STAGES IN RAD ? * Joint Requirement Planning (JRP)Phase: workshops in which knowledgeable end users meet development people are held. * Joint Application Development (JAD) Phase: * Workshops which outline the design of the system and build prototypes in consultation with end users are held. * Construction Phase: small team of developers working with users' design & build the systems. Simultaneously fine tunes the requirements and reviews the resulting software. * Implementation Phase 5.D) LOW COST of RAD Low Cost comes from early detection and rectification of errors. 5.E) HIGH SPEED of RAD High Speed Comes From: * Use of CASE toolset * Use of CASE repository to facilitate the re-use of proven templates, components and systems. * Use of an integrated CASE toolset to generate bug-free code from a fully validated design. 6) "HOW DO I KNOW THE DEVELOPMENT STAGES?" & "WHAT CONTROL DO I GET ON THE REMOTE TEAM?" BCSS ensures that you have absolute control right from selecting the team till completion of mission through Selection of the team, Teleconferencing with the team periodically. Right from giving you a complete project schedule till giving you periodic reports on progress the reporting process will keep you informed of the status, throughout the development process. Moreover the Project Manager and the Dallas development team would be your SINGLE point contacts. 7) "WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?" * Tremendous saving of costs leveraging on low-cost off-shore development. No Additional Investment, Redundant Assets etc.: The ODC will equip with required hardware, system software and professionals. So, no additional investment or un-utilised assets at your end. * No human resources crunch. We can ramp up large development teams for the project duration with ease. No H R problems: Resignations of IT professionals will not bother you any more. * Rapid Application development : Our concurrent activity development model combined with an ability to ramp up large team sizes for short durations reduces development and coding time. * No overheads: Purely from maintaining the systems and the professionals you do not have any overheads. * Better Project & Team Management: BCSS takes responsibility of delivering the software. Any unexpected change in the business and/or specification, you can ask BCSS to add more personnel to the team to ensure project completion according to schedule. This gives room for effective management. * An extension of your office: The ODC will act for you & according to your directions, virtually an Extension of your office. The team will be reporting to YOU and you will be monitoring the team constantly. YOUR OWN OFFICE AT NO ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT. * Source Codes, Confidentiality etc.: By using BCSS's ODC the source codes remain Your Property and BCSS shall ensure complete confidentiality. To this effect BCSS shall sign a contract which clearly specifies Your Ownership of the software. 8) "WHAT IS THE OFFER?" BCSS offers a very interesting deal. Your ODC (Off-shore Development Centre) will come with: * Space, Furniture & Infrastructure * Development Team & * Computer hardware & system software* 9) All this at amazing person-month fees and fixed price quotes. So we would like an opportunity to meet with you or anyone else in your organization who would be interested in getting Internet and Intranet applications developed. We can reduce your development costs and time by atleast 50 %.We can take up projects on any size as also let you check us out with a pilot project. Warm Regards John Thomas Regional Manager - Marketing Birla Consultancy & Software Services Tel No : 972-556-9610 Fax No : 972 - 556-2922 E-mail : thomas@bcss-usa.com Web Site : www.bcss-usa.com
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